Emmelie Prophète

Emmelie Prophète (b. 1971, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is the author of two poetry collections and six novels, the first of which, Les Testaments de Solitude, won the Grand Prix littéraire de l’Association des écrivains de langue française. Prophète’s most recent novel, Les Villages de Dieu, was awarded the Prix FetKann Maryse Condé, a prize that recognizes literature promoting human dignity from the largely postcolonial global South. Prophète, a former director of the National Library of Haiti, plays important roles in Haiti’s governance, bringing cultural curation and social justice to the fore. She lives in Port-au-Prince.